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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, September 9-15, 2007
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Stage 2 - September 11: Yeovilton - Taunton, 169.2 km
Trusov's triple triumph in Taunton
By Gerry McManus in Taunton
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Tinkoff Credit Systems' nimble Russian Nikolai Trusov sprinted to victory in stage two of the Tour of Britain ahead of Luke Roberts (Team CSC), deftly launching his sprint ahead of a late race crash which saw a dozen riders tumble within the last 150 metres. Last year's race winner Marten Pedersen was among the fallen riders, while the morning's yellow jersey Mark Cavendish finished in 34th place, losing the overall lead to Trusov after finishing ten minutes back.
Over 30 riders blasted their way into the town centre with many riders hitting the deck as they overshot the final bend and crashed into the barriers and each other. Trusov and Roberts stayed upright with Trusov winning the sprint by the width of a tyre after nearly four hours of racing.
The big losers on the day were T-Mobile who had finally paid the price for their fierce defence of the yellow jersey on the shoulders of Mark Cavendish as they all missed the race winning break. Cavendish led home the second main group on the road over ten minutes after Trusov had claimed victory.
Trusov was very pleased to take over the yellow jersey. "The team is very happy," said Trusov. "Because we came here to win the yellow jersey and for us it is the maximum. It was a really hard stage," continued the 32-year-old Russian professional. "I was the last man in the breakaway group at 20km but first over the finish line. I was very lucky to miss the crash. We will try to defend the race leadership but with four people it is not easy to control the race."
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Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) moved into the mountains leadership after he scored thirteen points on the three climbs of the day. "I liked the first climb," said Pauwels. "There was a beautiful view at the top and I was able to take some points there. I got into the break and was able to win the second climb and then I was able to win the last one when there was a group of thirty of us at the front. I felt good today. Yesterday I had sore legs as were not able to train too much in Reading."
"It was not easy to work together because the course was up and down all day," said the 23-year-old Belgian: "I saved myself until the first climb as the race started very fast again today. I would like to keep the jersey and to gain some more points tomorrow but it depends how the race goes. If I can have a chance at the general classification then I would prefer that.
How it unfolded
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A warm and sunny late summer day greeted the peloton when they left the Fleet Air Arms museum in Yeovilton on Tuesday morning. A number of riders had attempted to go clear in the early stages but the bunch reeled them at the first sprint prime at Othery after 19km, but only after Christoff Van Heerden (Team Konica Minolta) took the five points on offer followed by Zakkari Dempster (SouthAustralia.com-AIS) and Alexander Seroff (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
The next sprint prime was won by Lars Bak (Team CSC) followed over by Adrian Palomares (Fuerteventura-Canarias) and the duo pulled clear to gain a 90 second lead. The lead stayed steady with T-Mobile on the keeping the leaders dangling off the front and Palomares reached the first the summit of Porlock Hill first taking the maximum 10 points in the Eon king of the mountains competition. Ben Swift (Barloworld) led the chasers over the climb in a group of ten riders with the bunch breaking up on the tough climb. Trusov had made the cut and was now leader on the road.
The two became twelve when the groups merged with Serge Pauwels (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport) powering his way up the climb at Watersmeet after 109km followed over by Navigator's Matt Cook and David Munoz Banon (Fuerteventura-Canarias).
Pauwels attacked again on the third category climb at Wheddon Cross breaking up the lead group and moving into the lead in the mountains competition. The bunch behind split into two with a large group making it across to six leaders to form the race winning break of 33 riders.
There were six riders that did not finish the race namely Robbie Hunter, Chris Newton (whose wife has just gone into labour), Gordon McCauley, Michael Wolf and Linus Gerdemann, with Hans Dekker not starting today's race.
Last year's winner Martin Pedersen (Team CSC) walked over the finish line last of the leading group looking very disappointed. The race is now wide open with 55 seconds separating the top 30 on general classification moving into Wednesday's short but tough Worcester to Wolverhampton stage.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) talks to journalists at the start of stage two
- The British can't get enough of their hometown ProTour riders
- Cavendish was in demand from the media
- Cavendish and Hammond answer tough questions from the media
- Salvatore Commesso and Russell Hampton go past Burrow Mump where King Alfred burnt the cakes... as legend sayes
- Fuerteventura go on the attack at Burrow Bridge with Britain's Ed Clancy in tow
- Cavendish safely in the bunch at Burrow Mump
- Trusov wins it... just
- Trusov knows he has won the stage
- A bike throw on the line gives Trusov the win by a tyre
- Trusov and Roberts battle it out
- Trusov celebrates
- Trusov celebrates
- Trusov in yellow
- Trusov, Pauwels and Roojakkers on the podium
- Polly and Angel help Trusov get dressed in yellow
- Kisses from the podium ladies
- Cavendish finishes but loses yellow
- Pederson walks over the finish line after the crash with his shirt ripped open
- Lloyd and Oliphant at the museum at the start
- A long walk for Pederson with a broken bike
- Steven Caethoven in pain after the crash heads for the doctors car
- Caethoven needs help crossing the finish line
- Kisses for the most aggressive rider
- Injures for Caethoven to tend to
- Caethoven doubled up in agony
- Trusov in green too
- Polka dots for Pauwels
- Kisses for Pauwels too
- Rooijakkers now leads the sprints competition
- More kisses for Rooijakkers
- Chain rings for the most aggressive rider
- Cavendish comes home at the front of his group
Images by John Pierce/Photosport International
- Race leader Mark Cavendish was hoping to give more days of joy to his employer and himself.
- Alan Piper is one of those responsible to bring the T-Mobile into good conditioning and delivering results.
- The DS Piper and the rider Cavendish are a good team.
- The Brits Cavendish and Hammond are the centre of attention in their home tour.
- Cavendish shows off his sprinters' legs as he heads to the start at 11:20.
- T-Mobile at the sign-in before the start. The laughs of the rider's were about the last ones they had for the day.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) in his unusual 'magenta' outfit before the start to stage two.
- Cavendish smiles before the start as having yellow in his home country's tour is as good as it gets.
- Helmet and gloves stayed pink as the rest of Cavendish's yellow outfit rides by.
- Trusov wins the tight sprint.
- The peloton in the British country side.
- The yellow-clad Cavendish at the start.
- The T-Mobile chase was too little, too late and Cavendish lost more than ten minutes and his yellow shirt.
- The peloton needed to try to stay concentrated on the downhills despite the many great views they wanted to enjoy along the route.
- The ocean to the right but no time to hop in for a quick bath.
- Coastal roads often offer more uphills than one would think.
- Cavendish before the start to stage 2.
- The jersey wearers always get to line up in the front row. One of the benefits of being fast.
- Robert Hunter (Barloworld) was a bit banged up but mostly ok on the stage.
Results
1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.58.53 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 4 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 5 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 6 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 7 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 8 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 11 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 13 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 14 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 15 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 16 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 17 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 18 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 19 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 22 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 23 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.43 24 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 25 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 27 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 28 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 29 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 30 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 31 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 33 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 34 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 10.58 35 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 36 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 37 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 38 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 39 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 40 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 41 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 42 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 43 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 44 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 45 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 46 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 47 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 48 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 49 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 50 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 51 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 52 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 53 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 54 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 55 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 56 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 57 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 58 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 59 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 60 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 61 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 62 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 63 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 65 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 66 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 67 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 20.34 68 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 69 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 71 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 72 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 73 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 74 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 75 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 76 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 77 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 78 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 79 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 80 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 81 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 82 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 83 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 84 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 85 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 86 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 87 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 88 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 89 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 90 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 91 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 92 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 93 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 94 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems DNF Robbie Hunter (RSA) Barloworld DNF Cristopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk DNF Adam Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk DNF Gordon McCauley (NZl) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles DNF Michael Wolf (USA) Navigators Insurance DNF Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T- Mobile DNS Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel Sprints Sprint: Othery 1 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 5 pts 2 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 3 3 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 4 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Sprint: Dunster 1 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 3 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 2 4 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 1 Sprint: Goosemoor 1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 3 3 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 Mountains KOM Cat 1: Porlock Hill 1 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 10 pts 2 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 6 4 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 5 5 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 6 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 7 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2 8 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 1 KOM Cat 2: Watersmeet 1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 pts 2 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 5 3 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 4 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 5 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 6 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1 KOM Cat 3: Wheddon Cross 1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 pts 2 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 3 3 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 2 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams 1 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 11.56.39 2 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3 Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 Skil-Shimano 5 Duja Tavira 6 South Australia.com-AIS 10.58 7 CSC 8 Agritubel 9 Barloworld 10 Rabobank 21.56 11 Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 Navigators Insurance 13 Great Britain 14 T- Mobile 32.54 15 Team Konica Minolta 41.08 16 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 52.06 17 Recycling.co.uk General classification after stage 2 1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.08.56 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.08 3 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.12 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.14 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 6 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.16 7 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 0.17 8 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.18 9 Gene Bates (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 10 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 0.19 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.20 13 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.21 14 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.22 15 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 16 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.23 17 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 18 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 0.25 20 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 0.26 22 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.27 24 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.31 25 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.34 26 Giosue' Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 0.41 27 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank 0.42 28 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 29 Russell Hampton (GBr) Great Britain 0.46 30 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.55 31 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 2.29 32 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.31 33 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Duja Tavira 2.53 34 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 10.54 35 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.11 36 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 11.13 37 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 11.14 38 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 11.15 39 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 11.16 40 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 41 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 42 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11.18 43 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 44 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 45 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 46 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 47 Johnnie Walker (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 11.19 48 Paul Sneeboer (Ned) Duja Tavira 11.20 49 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 11.21 50 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank 51 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 52 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank 53 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 11.22 54 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 11.24 56 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 11.26 57 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 11.31 58 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.39 59 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.42 60 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 11.47 61 Simon Richardson (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 11.48 62 Cedrid Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 11.51 63 David Rodriguez (USA) Navigators Insurance 11.55 64 Ryan Bonser (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 11.57 65 Ricardo Mestre (Por) Duja Tavira 13.51 66 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 15.01 67 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 20.45 68 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 20.49 69 Coen Vermelfoort (Ned) Rabobank 20.52 70 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.54 71 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 20.55 72 Hamish Haynes (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 21.01 73 Bert De Backer (Bel) Navigators Insurance 21.08 74 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 21.17 75 Tony Gibb (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 21.18 76 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 21.19 77 Simon Gaywood (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 21.23 78 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.26 79 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 21.27 80 Travis Allen (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 21.28 81 Rodney Green (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 21.29 82 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.31 83 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Navigators Insurance 21.36 84 Ian Stannard (GBr) T- Mobile 21.57 85 Tom Diggle (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.01 86 Simon Holt (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 22.05 87 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 22.12 88 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 22.16 89 Ed Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 90 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Great Britain 22.56 91 James Millard (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 23.07 92 Jay Thompson (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 23.15 93 James McCallum (GBr) Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 23.52 94 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 25.14 Points classification 1 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 pts 2 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 19 3 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 16 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 15 5 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 14 6 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 14 7 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 13 8 Bernie Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 12 9 Roger Hammond (GBr) T- Mobile 12 10 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 11 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 11 12 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 10 13 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 9 14 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 15 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 8 16 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 17 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 7 18 Evan Oliphant (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 6 19 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 6 20 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 21 Christopher Froome (Ken) Team Konica Minolta 4 22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 23 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 24 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 25 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 2 26 Jose Adrian Bonilla Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias 1 27 John Bellis (GBr) Great Britain 1 Sprint classification 1 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 7 3 Christoff Van Heerden (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 7 4 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 5 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 6 6 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 6 7 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 5 8 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 5 9 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 3 10 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 11 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 12 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 13 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank 2 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 15 Servais Knaven (Ned) T- Mobile 1 Mountains classification 1 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 pts 2 Adrian Palomares Vilaplana (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 12 3 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T- Mobile 8 4 David Blanco (Spa) Duja Tavira 8 5 Ben Swift (GBr) Barloworld 8 6 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 8 7 Vicente David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 7 8 Samuel Caldeira (Por) Duja Tavira 7 9 Matt Cooke (USA) Navigators Insurance 5 10 Mikel Artetxte Gezeuraga (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T- Mobile 4 12 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias 4 13 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 14 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 2 15 Emilien Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2 16 Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) Team Konica Minolta 2 17 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja Tavira 1 18 Daniel Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 1 19 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Team classification 1 Duja Tavira 21.27.43 2 Skil-Shimano 0.02 3 Fuerteventura-Canarias 0.08 4 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 0.09 5 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 0.17 6 South Australia.com-AIS 10.54 7 Agritubel 10.56 8 CSC 10.57 9 Barloworld 11.13 10 Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.43 11 Rabobank 21.57 12 Great Britain 22.08 13 Navigators Insurance 22.28 14 T- Mobile 32.44 15 Team Konica Minolta 41.57 16 Recycling.co.uk 53.11 17 Plowman Craven-Evans Cycles 53.25
